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What is Kotlin? • Statically typed • object-oriented • JVM-targeted • general-purpose • programming language • developed by JetBrains ➡ intended for industrial use • Docs available today • Public beta is planned for the end of 2011 2Monday, October 3, 2011

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Motivation • Why a new language? ➡ We are not satisfied with the existing ones ➡ And we have had a close look at many of them over 10 years 5Monday, October 3, 2011

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Motivation • Why a new language? ➡ We are not satisfied with the existing ones ➡ And we have had a close look at many of them over 10 years • Design goals ➡ Full Java interoperability ➡ Compiles as fast as Java ➡ Safer than Java ➡ More concise than Java ➡ Way simpler than Scala 5Monday, October 3, 2011